Chapter 187
Vincent opened a presidential suite in the hotel and asked the female secretary to swiftly purchase a
rtively low-key dress for Annie to change into.
Annie went to the room to change her clothes, while Vincent was sitting alone on the leather sofa with
his long legs crossed. His left arm rested on the edge of the sofa, his right hand on his kriee in a
kowtow.
He was like a groom in a ck suit, awaiting the bride to try on her wedding dress.
Soon, the door opened.
Smiling, the female secretary gently nudged Annie, who was bashful, out of the room.
“Mr. Anderson, Miss Sawle’s attire has been altered.”
Vincent, turning his headzily, saw Annie approaching him with small steps, wearing a wine-redce
dress. Her watery eyes blinked, cute and confused, shing with emotion.
He was slightly stunned, his eyes deepening.
In Vincent’s world, he had encountered many women, yet none with eyes as clean and almost
transparent as the ones he now
beheld.
The man’s eyes gazed at her as if he was about to defile her innocent eyes..
“Tsk, why did you buy such an outdated colour? How old is she? Can’t she wear something a bit pink?”
“How long have you been with me?” Vincent’s eyes never left Annie’s bright face, mocking his
secretary. “Why is your taste still so poor?”
Seeing Mr. Anderson’s fussing, the female secretary blushed in embarrassment, realizing she had
mistaken him for someone looking to pick a fight with the fire dragon fruit.
But at this time, Annie said honestly, “Brother Anderson, I really like this shade of red, but it’s not really
a good fit for you. It’s a bit too dark…”
The female secretary, her expression almost unable to contain itself, hid behind him.
At the moment, Vincent’s face was pitch ck.
No one
else besides Chloe had the audacity to mock him to his face.
Reasonably, he was boastful of his good looks throughout the nation; if he said he was second, only
Joseph would dare to be first!
“Heh, seeing that you are Joseph’s sister, I have let you off,” Vincent said indignantly, his maic
voice slightly stiff.
“Brother Anderson, are you mad?”
“Then if I say that you look like a ‘ck coal ball’ in red, will you scold me? Will you hit me?”
The female secretary, unable to contain herughter any longer, quickly pped her hand over her
mouth.
Young Master Anderson, the dream lover of countless women, had be a ck coal ball in the
eyes of this girl!
Little sister, you are so courageous!
Vincent’s eyes widened like a phoenix, and his anger was so intense that he almost choked.
His handsome face was calm as he stood up and walked in front of Annie, his tall figure casting a
shadow that engulfed her, making her look weak and helpless as she clutched the bear.
The man bent over slowly and raised his hand slowly.
Annie, eyes suddenly shut, as if in response, tightened her grip on Little Bear’s fingers.
Vincent’s lips curved into a gentle smile and his fingertips lightly brushed her forehead.
“You’re correct. I want to strike you. How does it feel? Does it hurt?”
“Oh…” Annie covered her forehead with her hand and shook her head in disbelief.
“If you ever dare tough at me again, I’ll give you a good whack.”
Vincent feigned anger, as if yfully teasing a child, leaving the secretary dumbfounded.
Joseph had to settle the mess that Chloe caused tonight.
Thus, he had to depart the banquet to Max and exit the hotel for the time being.
Ada Wang was abducted by Chloe, and Joseph not being present, Zoey felt her wishful thinking had
been in vain. Gloomily, she poured two cups of wine, then, her gorgeous skirt swishing, she made her
way to the stage and sat in front of the piano.
At first, the guests were engaged in conversation andughter, oblivious to the woman who was
seething with resentment.
Suddenly…
With a “bang”, Zoey angrily mmed her ten fingers onto the ck and white keys, causing everyone
to jump in surprise.
Everyone turned their gaze to the stage, and someone’s face creased into a frown.
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“What are you doing? You startled me!”
“That’s correct. Why is Anderson Group’s daughter so impolite? Doesn’t she have any etiquette?”
Zoey was arrogant and domineering in the foreign Chinese circle, ustomed to being willful at home.
The more she thought about Joseph, the angrier she became, not caring about the venue and only
wanting to vent her anger.
Now that she had returned to the country, the banquet was filled with Medo’s upper ss, and as
Anderson Group’s daughter, she had to be mindful of her image and not ignore it.
So, biting the bullet, she coughed lightly and yed Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony in G Minor to ease
the awkwardness.
In the end, she emerged as the top student of the Royal Academy of Music in Puplen. Her fingers flew
across the keys, releasing a smooth and beautiful melody that captivated everyone, erasing all
memories of her earlier rudeness.
Carrying a heavy mop skirt, Skyler walked into the banquet hall with red eyes, then returned to
Aubree’s side.
“Mom! Annie has arrived!”
Aubree was taken aback. “What? Where has she gone?”
“I just witnessed Young Master Anderson caress her head and give her his
garments!”
“Mom, do you really consider Annie to be foolish? She’s quite astute. She just puts on an act of naivety
and deceives us. Actually, she’s had her eye on Young Master Anderson for a while and wants to
compete with me! Why is she so underhanded?”
“You are ever the fool. You have been schooled in the manners of the gentry from an early age and the
bearing of ady!”
Aubree frowned and secretly pinched her, “Annie is your blood sister! You all came from me, and your
sister isn’t so bad. – Don’t talk like that in the future!”
Skyler was so angry that she trembled and bit her red lips.
She felt that Aubree’s words were not to shield Annie, but rather to avoid acknowledging that she had
birthed a fool!
“Mom, what should I do?”
Skyler grabbed Aubree’s arm and asked anxiously, “Breaking up with Young Master Anderson wasn’t
easy for Chloe, but my sister brought me medicine again!”
“Young Master Anderson didn’t take a shine to me, so would it be even more of a lost cause for me to
marry into the Anderson family?!”
“Don’t fret, Annie won’t impede you. I believe you misinterpreted her. She won’t entertain such ideas.
Later, give Max a ring and ask him to dispatch someone to locate Annie and return her.”
Aubree didn’t consider the matter to be too serious, given that she had been so tightly controlling her
two daughters for so many years, and no one had been able to disrupt her ns.
Given Annie’s current mental state and illness, it was indeed very challenging to get married; however,
she would strive to present Annie in the best possible light and find a family with a higher social
standing.
It would be best if she could help her daughter, not feeling as though she had raised her daughter for
nothing.
“This Miss Zoey doesn’t seem to have a good temper,” Aubree said, looking at Zoey who was working
hard to y the piano on the stage.
“Mom, to be honest, her temper is as bad as can be!”
Skyler and Zoey had a “stic friendship,” abination of interests. She didn’t put on a show for her
mother and whispered, “Compared to Grace, it’s far from enough. It’s like a powder keg – it could blow
up at any moment!”
“Very good,” Aubree said, her gaze on Zoey on the stage, her expression unreadable.
“Yery good? What’s so good about this…”
“A person with a fiery temper and an emotional openness is not so downcast. It is easier to control.
Furthermore, Zoey only desires to be Joseph’s partner. She has been living a life of opulence since she
was a youngster. She is Anderson Group’s daughter and has nock of anything. Her ideas are
straightforward, but she just has a bit of possessiveness.”
Aubree snorted disdainfully, “On the contrary, she’s like Grace, buttering you up. It’s not easy to handle
her when she’s being so sycophantic!”
Before her voice trailed off, the door to the banquet hall was thrust open with a loud thud.
Zoey, lost in her music, failed to notice that the guests had stopped paying attention to her and had
instead turned their gaze towards the door.
Under Vincent’s protection, Annie walked with her head down, unnoticed by all who were surprised.
“Who’s that youngdy next to Young Master Anderson? I don’t think I’ve seen her before.” A few nosy
onlookers nced at Annie and murmured.
“She must be histest me. After all, Mr. Anderson is a woman and she can switch it up if she
desires. I heard that the longest rtionship he’s had with a woman has been going on for a month
now. So far, no one has surpassed that record.”
“This girl is quite attractive, but I recall that Mr. Anderson has always been partial to captivating and
alluringly beautiful women. What made him switch from eating so much braised meat to consuming
white vegetables…”
“I can see that this girl is more beautiful than Anderson Group’s daughter on the stage. She is also
more graceful than Sawle family’s third miss, who was a bit too forceful.”
“It’s alright if you all aren’t as wealthy as Mr. Anderson, but you all aren’t as skilled as him. That’s a
first-rate piece of jade beside Mr. Anderson. She’s not promiscuous like a prostitute!”
“It appears that Mr. Anderson has made a wiser choice in his femalepanions than Mr. Sawle has:
This woman appears to be trustworthy. She certainly won’t be unfaithful to Mr. Anderson…”
Upon seeing Vincent and Annie having both arrived, Skyler was so enraged as she heard the
conversations that her face flushed red like a pig’s liver, and her teeth ached.
At this moment, Aubree’s expression was utterly unpleasant.